In 2003, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland introduced the concept of fast zombies to popular culture with their apocalypse film 28 Days Later. In 2025, I have finally forgiven them for it. 

28 Years Later comes 23 years after the release of 28 Days Later. If you’re confused by the titling format, just know that the movies went from 28 Weeks Later straight to 28 Years Later, skipping months entirely. I maintain this confusion is a feature and not a bug, for the latest iteration is less interested in zombies and far more interested in another lumbering, unstoppable menace: time.